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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Spiders, Insects, and Crustaceans - Arthropoda
    - Class - Insects - Insecta
      - Order - Sawflies / Wasps / Bees / Ants - Hymenoptera
        
        Family - Ants - Formicidae
        
        Species - Silver Mound Ant - Formica argentea

Silver Mound Ant - Formica argentea

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR

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- Borchert, H.F. 1969. Formicidae of the Bearpaw Mountains of Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, Montana: Montana State University. 61 p.
- Jensen, Joseph M. 2005. Interactions between the invasive plant Centaurea maculosa and ant communities in savannas in western Montana. M.S. Thesis. University of Montana. Missoula, MT.
- Wheeler, G.C. and J. Wheeler. 1988. A checklist of the ants of Montana. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. Vol. 95. pp. 101-114.
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Citation for data on this website:
Silver Mound Ant — Formica argentea. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on December 11, 2025, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IIHYM10440